Not another quilt, quilt!

I made this quilt based on a tutorial I saw over at Moda Bake Shop.

It's very similar to the original except I used scraps of fabric from my stash for the blocks. 

As stated in the tutorial, it was quick and easy to make. I will take the topper with me to Albany tomorrow to find backing and binding fabric. 

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Guest Blog from Tin Whistle!

Hi there. I'm Milly from Tin Whistle!!!!! 

Because this is my guest blog I get to choose the font and I know my sister hates my favourite one! Courier.

Anyway, she wanted me to blog about the twin (fraternal) quilts we made over the last few days. 

We used a neato quilt pattern from Missouri Quilt company called the Double slice layer cake quilt.

Catherine bought a gorgeous layer cake from the fabric range Coquette by Moda. I decided to select scrappy rainbow fabrics from my stash in really bright colours. This is why the quilts are fraternal twins not identical ones.  

We used this easy tutorial to create the middle section of the quilt. Catherine started out with 10" layer cakes and the finished double sliced blocks end up being 9" square.

 After that we decided to add some borders, starting with a 3.5" blue border. 

 Catherine only had the one layer cake of Coquette fabric so we raided her stash for complimentary pastels and she constructed a scrappy border from 2.5" squares. 

Then she finished off the quilt with another 3.5" blue border. 

  

Here is Catherine's finished quilt top. Its a really generous lap quilt size which Catherine will finish off and keep all for herself.

Here is the sister quilt that I made. It's amazing how different the quilt looks using different fabric. 

An apple a day...

These little beauties were Millys project that we all fell in love with. She bought this fairly daggy kit that sewed up into a fabric globe.

It was a very simple template that I decided to copy with scraps of Dr Suess fabric. My niece Elizabeth loved it so I gave it to her. Millys template was only 6 pieces of fabric, but I wanted to use lots of colours so I halved each piece and did 12 instead. This turned out to work better as it gave the ball a nicer shape.

I also decided to add the buttons top and bottom and pull the ends in a bit to give a more donut shape.

After I made this, Milly had the brilliant idea of making apples. I had heaps of reds left over from the red strip quilt so I sewed up the balls and Milly made the leaves.

We ran out of stuffing long before we ran out of enthusiasm, so first of all I cut up some cheap pillows for their innards then I used Richards miracle 'cloud pillow'. This was a TV gimmick I bought Richard for Chrissy as he saw it on TV and thought it would be awesome. I'm surprised it didn't come with a set of 6 free steak knives it was such a con. Anyway, the little tiny beans it was filled with made a lovely stuffing for my apple ;)

Milly also made a blue/green one with scraps of fabric she had left over from another project. Instead of filling this one with poly filling, she left a hole in the top and popped a balloon in it. It makes an awesome ball and the balloon can just be replaced if it pops.

 NOTHING stands in the way of sewing!

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Yee Ha Raggy Quilt

I picked up this super cute cowboy fabric from Spotlight a week ago and was itching to make a Raggy quilt with it.









I hadn't bought any backing for it but by pure luck I found an excellent match in the argyle and stripe fabric I had left over from the triangle quilt. Typically I was about two squares short, but even then my meagre stash of fabric yielded enough complimentary brown and blue to finish it off.



My neighbour and fiercest boy quilt critic has complimented this quilt so I will tuck it away until her baby comes in March to see if its a boy or a girl.

Bird houses

I have been busy, busy busy! Mostly quilting, but in the cool evening today I nipped out and popped these up. I painted them ages ago and then never finished the project.



I made the red and brown house (above), but the rest were collected here and there.





The aim is to have a collection of brightly coloured bird houses scattered through the agapanthus bed.


I still have to get some more paint colours in town on Saturday and paint the rest of the poles.


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Topper finished

I got some more white and finished putting together this topper.





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Whirly Gig finished

I finished stitching down the binding on the whirly gig quilt last night. It for Mum as she loves pink and green together.



By pure coincidence I found this pink and green check fabric for the backing.


This was good fun to make. For the quilting I simply outlined every second whirly gig about a 1/4 inch in from the edge.


I'm sure it will look great on Mums couch as a lap rug.


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